Sony Ericsson G900 Themes

We have been inundated with people asking about themes for the Sony Ericsson G900. To be honest, at the time of writing this post there isn’t too many themes for the G900 out there although we hope the following link will help.

http://www.mobile88.com/cellphone/Sony-Ericsson/Sony-Ericsson-G900/themes.asp

Enjoy.

Sony Ericsson G900 Controls & Operations

Standby view

Once the phone is started the Standby view automatically appears on the screen.

The Standby view acts as the starting point for performing a variety of tasks and for accessing applications via the Main menu. The Standby view is highly customizable, just about every aspect of its appearance, content, navigation methods and behaviour can be changed.

Panels

The new Panels feature in G900 offers shortcuts to the user’s favourites in different areas, for example, Bookmarks, RSS feeds, and Contacts. Users can also add their own shortcuts to applications and functions in the phone. The Panels feature is accessible directly from Standby view by pressing left or right on the navigation key.

Touchscreen

G900 offers a large 262 k colour touchscreen, supporting landscape view for imaging and browsing. To navigate menus and select items the user taps the screen using a fingertip or the included stylus. Text input methods

Text inut methods

G900 offers three text input methods:

• Directly-on-the-screen writing, using the stylus
  (handwriting recognition).
• The on-screen keyboard (virtual keyboard)
  located at the top of the screen in certain dialogs.
• The numeric keypad below the screen. This provides keypad-based prediction and multitap input. Keypad prediction allows words to be entered by a single keypress for each letter (as opposed to the multiple keypress).

Text options supported:

• Auto-capitalization
• Word completion
• Next word prediction
• Spelling suggestions
• Dual language prediction dictionaries for bi-lingual users

Enhanced text prediction

For the input methods of the on-screen keyboard and handwriting recognition, enhanced text prediction can be used. The primary word or next word prediction suggestion is presented, with additional suggestions in a pre-edit box at the top of the screen. If a word is misspelled, the pre-edit box may also suggest closely matching words in the selected language dictionaries, words that have been typed previously, or items that have been stored in the ‘My words’ personal dictionary.

Note: While entering text, the user has the option to either select any of the word suggestions displayed, or to ignore them and continue entering text via the chosen method. If a prediction suggestion is shown when sending/saving the input text, this word will not be sent/saved.

Flight mode

UMTS, GSM or Bluetooth connection from a mobile phone may be harmful to the safe operation of an aircraft. Flight mode is a special mode that disables all radio functions, but still allows the user to listen to music, use PIM applications and play games. At startup of the phone the default setting has been changed from previous

Sony Ericsson Symbian phones. In G900 there is no longer any question to the user whether to start the phone in Flight mode or Normal mode. The Flight mode menu is thus only available as a manual setting.

 

Sony Ericsson G900 Overview

G900 offers a perfect balance between an approachable design, an effective user interface, and practical applications. It is Sony Ericsson’s first Symbian phone for ordinary people. They will use the phone mainly as a phone, but yet they need a phone with capabilities which will help them organize their lives.

Simplicity in design indicates a uniform, but far from boring form language. The shape is ergonomical for a practical use with a feeling of being at home. The ergonomic shape and grip, the earthy theme, and the 5-way navigation key - that’s part of G900’s approachable design.

The touch display, together with the large font sizes and setup wizards, contribute to the effective user interface. The innovative Note-it function, The Touch Calendar, and the comprehensive Messaging function are all very practical applications.

The target consumer group for G900 is “in-touch organizers”, representing 14% of the entire population. Their life is a juggling act, and their mobiles keep them connected. They need information for weighing up decisions carefully and doing things properly. Services such as transaction services, information updates and positioning services are important, but they mainly use their phone for calls and SMS messaging.

Sony Ericsson G900 on eBay

The Sony Ericsson G900 has started to appear on eBay for the Pay As You Go (PAYG) / Sim Free versions. Check out the auctions below. The average price to date (6th June) appears to be around £270. Some listings actually come memory cards included which is good value!

Free Sony Ericsson G900 Mobile Phone

The following retailers are selling the Sony Ericsson G900 for FREE when taking out a 12 or 18 month contract. This list will be updated constantly so don’t forget to check back.

• Carphone Warehouse (when released in July)
• E2Save
• One Stop Phone Shop

To compare prices on the G900, click here!

 

Screenshots of Sony Ericsson G900 Menu

We have obtained some photos of the new menu that will feature on the Sony Ericsson G900. Click the thumbnails below for larger images. Let us know what you think by leaving us a comment below.

 

 

The Sony Ericsson G900 is due released in July 2008.

Photos taken by the Sony Ericsson G900

Check out the photos taken below with the 5 megapixel camera. As ever, let us know what you think by leaving a comment below. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the photo above, touchscreen focus technology was utilised. Here the focus was in the background.

In the photo below, the focus was the foreground, hence the ‘kaffe’ lettering is no longer blurred.